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Synonyms for intractableness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-trak-tuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtræk tə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for intractableness Other synonyms for the word intractableness
- back talk
- big talk
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- indocility
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractability
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- wildness
Définition of intractableness
Origin :- c.1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin intractabilis "not to be handled, unmanageable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tractabilis (see tractable). Related: Intractably.
- noun unruliness
- It is owing to the intractableness and vileness of matter that the Divine Idea finds itself so imperfectly realized.
- Extract from : « Through Nature to God » by John Fiske
- As a natural element, if this be not controlled, it degenerates easily into intractableness, into violence.
- Extract from : « Pedagogics as a System » by Karl Rosenkranz
Antonyms for intractableness
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